Natasha's deforestation

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If trees are so important to the earth why are we destroying rainforests?


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Before Deforestation After Deforestation
Natasha-Between May 2000 and August 2006, Brazil lost nearly 150,000 square kilometers of forest—an area larger than Greece—and since 1970, over 600,000 square kilometers (232,000 square miles) of Amazon rainforest have been destroyed. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eKIgleUBDdE[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eKIgleUBDdEhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1JEJ-lV8Eso&feature=related|__http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1JEJ-lV8Eso&feature=related__]] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OEcKeK4i4Ag http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7c3pbvEYBCI&feature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQy8TI5JFiM&feature=related
Deforestation Figures for Brazil
Year
 Deforestation
[sq mi]
 Deforestation
[sq km]
 Change
[%]




1988
 8,127
 21,050
1989
 6,861
 17,770
 -16%
1990
 5,301
 13,730
 -23%
1991
 4,259
 11,030
 -20%
1992
 5,323
 13,786
 25%
1993
 5,751
 14,896
 8%
1994
 5,751
 14,896
 0%
1995
 11,220
 29,059
 95%
1996
 7,012
 18,161
 -38%
1997
 5,107
 13,227
 -27%
1998
 6,712
 17,383
 31%
1999
 6,664
 17,259
 -1%
2000
 7,037
 18,226
 6%
2001
 7,014
 18,165
 0%
2002
 8,260
 21,394
 17%
2003
 9,748
 25,247
 19%
2004
 10,588
 27,423
 9%
2005
 7,276
 18,846
 -31%
2006
 5,447
 14,109
 -49%
2007
 4,453
 11,532
 -47%
2008
 4,621
 11,968
 -47%